Paying Tax is more important than giving it to temples

By Vijay Kumar

ADDRESSING a two-day cultural meet organised by the Income Tax Department, Chennai, actor Kamal Hassan said,

Putting any industry under strain with tax will lead to generation of black money.

Overtaxing any industry becomes an easy route for people not to disclose their incomes.

It's not going to be easy for you. My job will be difficult too because I am a regular taxpayer. That's where we both have to equally sit and discuss and put it forward to the government.

Income Tax department was always looked at with dread.

Those who did not pay taxes regularly had forgotten that they were doing it for the betterment of their own country.

I am one actor who does not look at the department with dread or fear. My father always kept telling that it (paying tax) was more important than giving it to temples.